A confrontation in a University of Arizona residence hall this week has resulted in the arrest of a football player on suspicion of domestic violence.

Freshman safety Scottie Young Jr. was arrested by campus police on suspicion of one count of domestic violence assault shortly after midnight Wednesday after a student in the Likins Residence Hall reported that she'd seen another student get "pushed into a wall, spit on and threatened by (Young)", according a campus police incident report.

Young told officers when went to his dorm room that his girlfriend had come to his room shortly after 10 p.m. the night before, the report says. The two began to argue, got in each other's faces and exchanged words like, 'I (expletive) hate you,'" Young told police.

Young said that the woman pointed her finger very close to his face, after which he "grabbed her two wrists for a few seconds and threw them down to her side" because he thought she was going to hit him, according to the report. Young told the officers that he told her to leave and she did.

The couple had dated on-and-off since high school and had been in a committed relationship for the past year, Young told police.

The woman, however, told police she went to Young's room to pick up her laptop at about 11:40 p.m., the report says. Young answered the door, closed it, and returned with her laptop, which he threw at her after he opened the door, according to the report.

He later confronted her outside of the room, calling her a tramp and saying that he wished she was dead, the report says.

The woman told police Young took her backpack and threw it towards the elevator, during which she took the opportunity to try to knock on the resident advisor's door. Before she could do so, Young grabbed her left hand to pull it away from the door and spit in her face. Police confirmed that her hand was "slightly swollen" and photographed her injuries after calling for UA paramedics, the report says.

The woman told police that this wasn't the first time Young had "put his hands on her," saying he slapped her in the face several times during an argument a few days prior, according to the report. The Star does not usually identify alleged victims of domestic violence.

Police interviewed other witnesses who confirmed the woman's story, saying that at one point, she saw other students in the residence hall had to hold him back when he came after the victim after saying he hoped she would die, the report says.

One witness told police that she knew the couple and that the victim had previously told her that Young "hit, choked and slammed her," according to the report.

Police re-interviewed Young to address the inconsistencies in the two stories and after first denying it, he admitted to grabbing his girlfriend's wrist and spitting on her, the report says.

He told police that during the argument a few days before, his girlfriend attempted to slap him a number of times and at one point, "slightly" scratched his cheek, throat and bottom lip. Young went on to say that the scratches were more like "light scrapes" that quickly faded and denied she actually slapped him, according to the report.

Young was arrested and booked into the Pima County jail on one misdemeanor charge of domestic violence assault with minor injury. He's scheduled for arraignment in front of Judge Adam Watters on October 11.

The woman also was arrested and is facing a charge of domestic violence assault with no injury.

Wildcats safety Young Jr. arrested on domestic violence charge

Sept. 28, 2017

Freshman safety Scottie Young Jr., one of the top young players during the Arizona Wildcats' 2-2 start, was arrested Wednesday in connection with a domestic violence incident, court records show.

Young, 18, was cited for assault by University of Arizona police. He made an initial appearance in Pima County Justice Court Thursday.

He's facing one charge of misdemeanor assault/knowingly causing injury and is scheduled for arraignment in front of Judge Adam Watters on October 11, according to court records.

The details of the incident weren't immediately available.

Safety Scottie Young Jr. is one of the many Helix High School Scotties to play at Arizona.(Photo: Mike Christy/Arizona Daily Star)

Young’s UA career had gotten off to a promising start. Praised since the beginning of training camp by coaches and teammates, Young became the starter at free safety.

Through four games, Young had accumulated 20 tackles, third most on the team. He also had 1 1/2 stops for losses.

Pro Football Focus rated Young as the fifth-best freshman in the country, regardless of position, entering this weekend’s games. Young attended Helix High School in San Diego.

Young's arrest comes one day before former Wildcats running back Orlando Bradford is due in court to accept a plea on multiple felony domestic violence charges. The Wildcats kicked Bradford off the team the day of his arrest a year ago. It's unclear what punishment, if any, Young will face.

“We have a rule. You put your hands on a woman, you’re done," UA coach Rich Rodriguez said last year upon Bradford's dismissal. "That’s it. If you did it, if you put your hands on a woman in any way, shape or form, you’re done. Next.”

Arizona (2-2, 0-1 Pac-12) is off this weekend before visiting Colorado a week from Saturday.